Closure for bung-holes.



R.H.NOBTON CLOSURE FOR BUNG HOLES.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-3|. 1912.

1,241,757. Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

. fi/a /yar a/z INVENTOR W Z I tee ROY H. NORTON, 0F PUTNAM STATION, NEW YORK.

CLOSURE FOR BUNG-HOLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

Application filed January 31, 1912. Serial No. 674,523.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Roy H. NORTON, citizen of the United States, residing at Putnam Station, in the county of Washington and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in C10- sures for Bung-Holes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in closures for bungholes and is more especially adapted to bungholes in churns, the object being to provide a means whereby the flow of buttermilk from the churn may be instantly cut oif when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which may be readily attached to any churn or other rece tacle.

With the a ove and other objects in view, I have invented the device shown in the accompanying drawings in which,

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the device in a closed position,

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the bunghole opened,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line A-A of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 1 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fi 1.

Like re erence characters indicate like parts throughout the specification and in the several views of the drawings in which 1 indicates a churn or other receptacle pro vided with a bunghole or opening 2 therein. 3 is a base secured to the member 1 in any suitable manner and which is provided with a loosely pivoted lever 1, This lever has a slot in one end thereof and is secured to the member 3 by means of a pin 5 passing through said slot, said pin being provided with an enlarged head 6. The handle portion 7 of the ever passes through the slot 8 made by the member 9 mounted on the base 3, by means of the posts 10 and 11. The inner end 12 of the lever is inclined and adapted to bear against the inclined abutment 13. This abutment 13 forms part of a member which is secured upon the receptacle having the bunghole and one side of this abutment 13 has one side inclining in opposite directions as at 11 and 12. The pin 5 is arranged opposite the juncture of the oppositely-inclined surface of said abutment 13. The outer edge of the handle portion is beveled, as at 17, the arrangement being such that when the beveled edge of the handle portion 7 is in contact with the upper inclined side 12 of said abutment, the pin 16 on the stopper 15 lies in the horizontal portion 18' of the L-shaped slot 17 formed in said handle portion and then said stopper will be in open position. When the beveled edge 17 of the handle portion 7 contacts with the lower-inclined side 11 of said abutment 13, said pin 16 will be in the vertical portion 18 of said L-shaped slot 17 and thereupon the stopper will close the bunghole. In this way the stopper 15 may be guided into the desired position over the bunghole 2 by the inclined members 19 and 20, the pin 16 assuming the fixed position illustrated in Fig. 1, whereby said stopper may be held in the proper position to close said hole 2.

The member 9 is provided with wedgeshaped members 21 and 22 and when the lever 7 is shoved down to close the bunghole it is engaged by the wedge member 22 whereby it is forced toward base 3 in order to make the stopper 15 close tightly against the bunghole, and when the handle is raised it is engaged by the wedge 20 whereby it may be frictionally held in a raised position.

Having now described my invention that which I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a device of the kind described, in combination, a receptacle having a bunghole, a pair of inclined members secured to said receptacle on opposite sides of said bung-hole, a stopper slidable between said inclined members and adapted to close said bunghole, a member secured opposite said bunghole and formed with an abutment having one side inclining in opposite directions, a pin on said last-named member arranged opposite the juncture of said oppositelyinclined surfaces, a handle portion having a substantially L-shaped slot, a pin carried by said stopper projectin into said L-shaped slot, the outer edge 0 said handle portion being beveled and the outer end thereof formed with a slot into which said firstnamed pin projects, a head on said firstnamed pin contacting said handle-portion, the arrangement being such that when the beveled edge of the handle portion is in contact with the upper inclined side of said abutment said last-named pin lies in the horizontal portion of the -L-shaped slot; and said stopper will be in open position and when in contact with the lower inclined side of said abutment said lastnamed pinliesin the vertical portion of said L-shaped slot, whereupon said stopper will close saidw bung-hole.

Witnesses RAYMUNGER, I. I. HUTToN.

Copies of this patent may he obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1102 In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence'o-f two 'w1tnesses:

ROY H. NORTON. 

